philosophy

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

Unlock the paradoxes of life through poetic realism.

Descartes broke from the European philosophers who preceded him and devised a new way of considering humanity and the world.

“Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself — and there isn’t one.”

It’s a useful fiction — but it’s still fiction.

Dive into a realm where time, space, and even reality itself are put into question.

The existential philosopher argued that an authentic and meaningful life is measured by choice.

Once a cosmopolitan faith, Islam valued intellectualism and modernity. It was derailed by various geopolitical and religious forces.

Philosophers Massimo Pigliucci and Greg Lopez discuss how Stoicism can help us gain perspective on our emotions and act with intention in the world.

Spiritual experiences can be explained in terms of a highly evolved brain. But they also can be extremely meaningful.

For the clarity of a “beginner’s mind” and a path to true and lasting wisdom, one must fully embrace “not-knowing.”

Is there an ultimate answer to the age-old question?

If we manage to avoid a large catastrophe, we are living at the early beginnings of human history.

Fear of technology is not new. But we misunderstand its origin. In reality, we don’t fear technology but each other.

Diogenes engaged in shocking behavior to demonstrate the contradictions, small-mindedness, and sheer absurdity of prevailing social conventions.

Plato, Sun Tzu, and Buddha all lived in a “golden age” of philosophy that laid the foundation of modern thought.

A part of human nature needs to be challenged and feel strong. Today, we fulfill that need with “surrogate activities.”

A philosophy of birth can offset the prevailing narrative around extinction and mortality.

“Groupthink” gets a bad rap. In reality, we need groups to focus our thinking and to build on the ideas of others.

Within a month of that initial conversation, Peter Singer became a vegetarian.

If something exists, it is by definition natural.

Neuroscience is beginning to provide clues about the emergence of human consciousness.

There may be a symmetrical interdependence between order and chaos.

“In order to seek truth,” Rene Descartes once wrote, “it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, all things.”

Man does not live by measurement alone.

We know that everything changes, but we long for something more permanent.

De-urbanized lifestyles can be aligned with basic Taoist principles — and remote workers are starting to feel the connection.

In “The History of Western Philosophy,” Bertrand Russell made it clear whose thinking he admired — and whose thinking he didn’t.

Thinking about the problem of meaning is unsettling because it introduces us to a list of solutions that all feel a bit insane.

I think, therefore I am (rich).